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Saturday, June 25, 2011

What did Neil Armstrong speak on Moon?

Neil Alden Armstrong wasthe first person to set foot on the Moon.

Born on August 5, 1930, he led the Apollo 11 flight as mission commander.

Apollo 11 wasthe fifth manned mission, and it was Launched from Florida on July 16, 1969.

Its crew hadthree members

Neil Armstrong

(1) Commander Neil Armstrong,

(2) Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and

(3) Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on Earth's Moon on July 20, 1969, but thefirst step of human on moon surface wasleft boot of Neil Armstrongat 2:56 UTC on July 21, 1969.

The place where Armstrong and Aldrin landed I was called the Sea of Tranquility.

Their landing craft was Eagle, it spent 21 hours and 31 minutes on the lunar surface .

These astronauts planted a U.S. flag on the lunar surface and , they spoke with then President Richard Nixon through a telephone-radio transmission. President Nixon called it to be "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House.

What did he speak first on moon?

Armstrong's Signature

At the bottom of the ladder while getting downto moon surface , Armstrong said "I'm going to step off the LEM now" (referring to the Apollo Lunar Module). Aftertouching the moon surface he spoke the famous words "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

The three astronauts returned to Earth with 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar rocks and landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969.